My strangest location yet, but with only one year of experience I'm sure I'll see stranger in the future.
Got a call yesterday from a pest control guy that gives me his swarm calls and he said he just had a call from a woman who had a swarm in her Porsche. She had been shopping and came out of a store onto a street with a full-out swarm going on. She went back inside and came back in 30 minutes and was able to easily get to her SUV and drive off. Turns out she apparently took a small part of the swarm with her and didn't know it until more than an hour later when her son opened the back hatch to get something. It's always my last resort but I decided I had to use the Vac on this one, given the circumstances. It took just a few minutes and hours later the bees seemed vital and active so I'm hoping most survived the ordeal. Man, I hate using that thing!
The woman was a great sport and aside from the time lost, really thought it was kind of funny. She kept asking, "Why me?", "Why would they go into a car?". Not a lot of bees, and I have no idea if there is a queen, but I pocketed a quick $50 for my trouble, so I can't complain. Seems like it could be a busy season! This was number four in the last two weeks and it's cold and rainy here.
Topic: Swarm in a Porsche 3/22/11 (Read 2782 times)